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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I - The Akha Way 1988-1990.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What language do the children in Teacher Zhang's school want to learn?
(a) Chinese.
(b) Mandarin.
(c) Cantonese.
(d) Akha.

2. What is the dominant ethnicity in China?
(a) Akha.
(b) Lu.
(c) Han.
(d) Mao.

3. What is every woman expected to do after she gives birth?
(a) Get up and go back to work.
(b) Give sacrifices to please the spirits.
(c) Bathe her baby.
(d) Clean her whole house to purify it.

4. Who is the head of the Chinese government?
(a) Chairman Mao.
(b) The Proletarians.
(c) Teacher Zhang.
(d) Deng Xiaoping.

5. What does Li-yan witness that changes her "irreversibly" (35)?
(a) Her mother killing a chicken.
(b) Deh-ja having a baby.
(c) The way twins are treated according to Akha Law.
(d) A fight between Akha men.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Li-yan meet San-pa?

2. What does Deh-ja have to do in order to rid her house of evil spirits?

3. Li-yan's mother is an important woman in the village because she can do what?

4. What skill does Li-yan struggle to learn?

5. What does A-ma give Li-yan for her headdress?

(see the answer key)

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